I was looking at getting an nForce2 board in my next system, and one of my primary goals is to have a machine that will boot off a firewire (preferred) or USB 2.0 device, if one is present. If not, it should default to the internal IDE drives. I'd be using Win2k or XP Pro on the external drive, and XP Pro on the internal drive.
Is this a configuration supported by modern BIOS's yet? Or is it still a bit too flaky to be dependable? If nForce2's implementation is no good, can someone suggest a better solution? I'd be willing to build an intel system if there is a more reliable solution there.
Is this a configuration supported by modern BIOS's yet? Or is it still a bit too flaky to be dependable? If nForce2's implementation is no good, can someone suggest a better solution? I'd be willing to build an intel system if there is a more reliable solution there.